Curtain hanger



Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNTE'D ST :TEL PATENT GFI-ICE CHARLES W. TROWBRIDGE, OF MGNMOUTH, LLINOIS, ASSGNOR OE ONE-HALF .TO

RENALT J. BARNES AND VERNE F.

BARNES, BOTH F MONMOUTPL lILLINOIS CURTAIN HANGER :Application led May ,14, 1930. Serial No.452,349.

This i-nvention relates to curtain hangers and has as one of its objects toprovidea curtain hanger which may bereadily andquickly adjusted as regards its length sol as to adapt it to be fittedto window frames of various widths and in this connection the invention contemplates the provision of tele scopic sections 'so formed that the, assembled structure will be exceptionally rigid and substantial and not be liable to sag as are devices of this type as generally constructed.

Another object of the invention is to provide aV curtain hanger embodying an intermediate section and end sections telescopically Fitting the intermediate section so that, when the hanger is to be used, the component sections may be symmetrically adjusted thus imparting to the hanger a uniform appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel means whereby the telescopic movement of the end sections with respect to the intermediate section may be limited so as to prevent separation of any of the sections from one another.

rlhe sections are, as set forth above, telescopic sections, and the invention has as a further object to so construct the sections that the means providing for their telescopic adjustment will constitute also a reinforcing means.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a hanger which may be enr ployed in lieu of the shade stick and thereby constitute a means for holding back draperies hung in front of the window shade.

rlhis invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood of course that minor changes may be made so long as they fall within the scope of the claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure lisa View in front elevation of the hanger, all of the sections'being telescoped or closed.

Figure 2 is a similar View illustrating the end sections withdrawnto the limit oftheir telescopic movement.

'Figure 3 is a detail view in front elevation of the hanger, the sections being closed and parts being shownin dottedlines.

Figure 4 is a View similar to Figure 3 showing the end sections .withdrawn as Ifar as the structure will permit, from engagementin the intermediate section, thesections being broken away.

Figure 5 lis a horizontal sectional view on the-line 5-,45 of 'Figure 3 lookinginthe direction indicated by the arrows.

[Figure l6 is asimilar view on the line 6 6 of Figure t looking in thedirection indi cated by the arrows.

Figure 7 is a vertical transverse-sectional view, in detail, onthe line 7 7 of yFigure y5 looking in the direction indicatedby the arrows.

Figure 8 is asimilar view on the'line 8 8 of Figure 5: 1ool ing in the direction indicated by the arrows. Y

Figure9 is a similar view on the line 9-9 of'Figure 5 looking inthe direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 10 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 10-10 of 'Figure 6 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig-ure l1 `is a similar view on the line 11-11 of Figure 6.

`The telescopic sections of the hanger are tformed from sheet metal blanks and the intermediate section which is indicated in general-by the numeral l has its upper and lower marginal portions overturnedvas indicated by the numeral2,. substantially on the arc of a circ-le, sothatmthe said section is of substantially channel formation and, for a purpose to be presently pointed out, the `section l-,is formed, longitudinally,midway between its upper and lower sides, with an outstanding bend 3 so vas to provide a longitudinal groove 4L.

Each of the end sections isindi/ cated in general by the numeral 5 and-thesecsections are Vce likewise overturned at their upper and lower margins as indicated by the numeral 6 and so proportioned with respect to the overturned margins 2 of the section l. as to adapt them to be telescopically fitted into the opposite end of the said section l. Each section 5 is formed at points spaced trom the ends of the sectionytyped, stamped or otherwise, to provide projections 7 and these projections are slidably received in the groove il and at this point it will be evident that due to the engagement of the projections 7 in the groove 4, the overturned marginal portions 2 and 6 of the sections l and 5 are some Yhat relieved of strain imposed by the curtain suspended from the hanger and, it will likewise be evident by reference to Figure 6 that, when either end section is telescopically slid outwardly with respect to the intermediate section, it has been nearly completely Withdrawn therefrom, the projections 7 upon said end section will engage one end of the groove and complete separation ot the section 5 from the groove l will be prevented.

In order to further prevent complete sepa- YVratianY ont mediate sections, the said intermediate section is formed at spaced points in the left ot its overturned marginal portions 2, with arcuate extensions 8 which constitute abut ments to be engaged by the abutments 9 at the inner ends of the respective sections 5.

These latter abutment-s, referred to above, are indicated in general by the numeral 9 and are formed by bending the body portion of each section 5, at its inner end, at an angle as indicated by the numeral l0 and thence in- Wardly into contact with the inner surface of the said body of the section 5, as indicated by the numeral 1l, and it will be observed, by reference to Figure 6, that When the seetions 5 are slid outwardly to the fullest extent the portions ll of the abutment 9 Will strike against the abutment portions S ot the section l.

ln order that the hanger may be supported upon bracket members having upstanding pin portions, the enter end of each o the sections 5 is rolled to provide a. cylindrical socket 1Q, itbeingpunderA .ood that the sections will be relatively adjusted so as to bring these sockets into engagement over the upstanding pins of He saidrbrack-ts.

As stated above, it is an important object of the invention to provide a curtain hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention, which hanger may be employed as a Window shade stick so as to take the place Wordinary VYWooden stick and then, by extending the telescopic end members ot the device, utilizing these extended ends, which will then project beyond the side margins oit the window shade, as a means behind which draperies may be engaged so as to be suspended, at their lower portions, clear of the the end sectionsV from the inter-V Window pane, and this is practically true ot the embodiment illustrated in Figure 5 oi the drawings in which the ends of the telescopic end sections are 'formed to provide lthe rounded portions l2 which, due to their rounded form will not in any Way tear or mar the draperies.

A curtain hanger comprising an intermediate channeled hanger section, end hanger sections telescopically iitting the intermediate section, spaced abutments in the channel of the intermediate section, an abutment upon the inner end of each end section engageable, with respective ones of the first mentioned abutments, the intermediate section having a longitudinal groove in its inner side, and a projection upon each of the end sections engaging slidably in said groove, and means at the outer ends of the end sections for engagement with a supporting means.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES lV. TROVRIDGE. 

